On Court Radio: Limited Tort and Full Tort Car Insurance — What You Need to Know
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 7th, 2012
When you buy car insurance in Pennsylvania, one of the first questions an insurance agent will ask you is whether you want "limited tort" or "full tort" coverage. It's actually one of the most important questions an insurance agent can ask you and one that most people probably don't spend enough time to consider. So what are the limited tort and full tort options all about? They are all about determining your future legal rights...
How to Make Older Drivers Safer on Our Roads
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 4th, 2012
Older drivers, especially those over 80 years of age, have been involved in a number of deadly and tragic vehicle accidents in recent months across the Philadelphia area, and the trend is worrisome. As drivers get older, their eyesight, hearing, reaction time and judgment can degrade, causing them to lose many of the needed skills that are critical to operating a motor vehicle safely. It's not their fault, of course. It happens to all of...
Yo, Baltimore: Who Are You Going To Call for Legal Help? MyPhillyLawyer’s Court Radio Can Help Starting Jan. 1, 2012
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 31st, 2011
"Court Radio" expands to Baltimore on New Year's Day, 2012, with its host, attorney Dean Weitzman Since January of 2009, MyPhillyLawyer's hour-long "Court Radio" program has been on the radio airwaves live each Sunday at 7 a.m. on WRNB FM 100.3 in the Philadelphia metro area, providing legal advice, comfort, folksy assistance and humor to callers who have legal questions and want to get help from a lawyer. The show's success and its popularity with...
If Collection Agencies Harass You After A Loved One Dies, Know Your Legal Rights
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 30th, 2011
After her husband died in March 2010 from colon cancer, 68-year-old Linda Long, of Cape Coral, Fla., began to receive phone calls from a collection agency trying to intimidate her to pay a credit card bill that was under her deceased husband's name. She received LOTS of phone calls from the collection agency, as many as 10 per day, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. This week, a Florida judge ruled that...
NTSB Recommends a Nationwide Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Good Idea?
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 27th, 2011
Aren't you sick of all those drivers who are getting into crashes and killing or injuring innocent people in recent years because they are talking or texting on cellphones while they are driving their large and heavy steel, glass and plastic vehicular projectiles on public roadways? So is the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). That's why the NTSB recently recommended that all 50 U.S. states should forbid operators of motor vehicles from using cell phones...
Holiday Home Safety: A MyPhillyLawyer Guide to Keeping Your Family Safe This Holiday Season
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on December 12th, 2011
The holidays are here and your friends and family will gather for joyous times together as you make new memories and relive fun times from past years. It's a great time to be together, but it's also a good time to remember some basic safety rules to be sure that the holidays are happy and disaster free. That means simple precautions when enjoying fires in fireplaces, displaying and enjoying holiday trees and decorations inside your...
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of MyPhillyLawyer: Our Thanks to You, Our Clients
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 30th, 2011
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the MyPhillyLawyer brand in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. From the streets of Philadelphia's incredible neighborhoods to the Jersey Shore, to Delaware, Maryland and north to Allentown, Easton and Bethlehem, the attorneys and staff of MyPhillyLawyer work hard every day to serve a diverse range of clients who are involved in a myriad of legal cases. From personal injury cases to automobile, motorcycle, truck and other...
Big Brother Car Insurance Companies: Should You Let Your Insurance Company Track Your Driving Habits to Earn a Discount?
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 23rd, 2011
Maybe it sounds like a great idea – plug a device into your car that let's your insurance company see that you are a good driver so that you can get an additional discount of up to 30 percent on your insurance rates. But before you sign up, think again. Maybe it's a deal with the devil that you are considering. That's the concern we have with the Snapshot Pay-As-You-Drive program from Progressive Insurance. Progressive,...
Occupy Philly: What Do You Think About It? Listen to Court Radio at 7 a.m. Sunday
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on November 19th, 2011
The headline-grabbing, controversial Occupy Wall Street movement, and its local offshoot, Occupy Philly, will be the topics of discussion on Sunday morning's Court Radio show with MyPhillyLawyer’s managing partner, Dean Weitzman. The show, which will air live tomorrow, Nov. 20, at 7 a.m. on WRNB 100.3 FM, will include special guest Everett Gillison, who is the newly-appointed chief of staff for Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter. Gillison previously served as Nutter's Deputy Mayor for Public...